Principal Software Engineer
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA)24 hours ago
Rockville, MD, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$134k - $313k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, create, test, refine, and implement software solutions that improve overall system functionality.
- Deliver long-term outcomes autonomously as a company-level technical expert.
- Address technical debt and engineering-excellence gaps while identifying technology risks and mitigation strategies.
- Apply advanced system design, software development, performance tuning, and optimization expertise.
- Guide, mentor, and provide functional supervision to colleagues on techniques and processes.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional partners and support aligned team priorities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline with at least 10 years of related experience, or a master’s degree with 8 years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience.
- Mastery-level system design and object-oriented development experience.
- Mastery-level experience with cloud technologies.
- Strong experience with data storage technologies, performance tuning and optimization, DevOps and CI/CD technologies, test automation and unit testing, and software security.
- Strong computer science fundamentals, including algorithm design, problem solving, complexity analysis, and data structures.
Benefits
- Hybrid work environment with defined in-person presence requirements; occasional travel and extended hours may be required.
- Eligible employees may receive a discretionary bonus and overtime where applicable.
- Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life, disability, long-term care, business travel accident, and legal insurance.
- 401(k) plan with immediate participation and vesting, company match, and potential additional FINRA-funded retirement contributions.
- Tuition reimbursement, commuter benefits, adoption assistance, backup family care, surrogacy benefits, employee assistance, and wellness programs.
- Paid time off starting at 15 days and increasing with service, personal and sick days, volunteer service days, paid holidays, and other paid leave programs.
- Employees must comply with FINRA investment-account disclosure, securities-account, confidentiality, invention-assignment, and Code of Conduct requirements.
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About Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA)
FINRA is the U.S. self-regulatory organization for broker-dealers, writing and enforcing rules, examining firms, surveilling markets, and running investor tools like BrokerCheck. A nonprofit formed in 2007 and headquartered in Washington, DC, it oversees compliance for over 3,300 firms and 610,000 registered brokers. FINRA is funded by member assessments and regulatory fees rather than taxpayer dollars, and builds large-scale data and surveillance systems used across U.S. securities markets.